Hyundai MOBIS, born in 1977, as a core affiliate of Hyundai/Kia Motor Group, began automotive module manufacturing business in 1999 devoted itself to automotive module/parts manufacturing and distribution in 2000 as the tier 1 supplier to major Automotive OEMs, and reached global ranked 6th sales of $30 billion in 2021, enjoying 2022 2Q sales grew by 19.7% YoY. We cover both OEM and aftermarket with its 44 plants, 7 EV Plants, 5 Sales Offices and 5 R&D sites and about 35,000 employees worldwide. After a series of M&As, it now covers diverse areas including Modules (chassis, cockpit, and front end module), Autonomous Driving, IVI Systems, Electrification, Braking, Suspension, Steering, Safety, Lighting, Green Car Parts enabling the company to serve many customers including Hyundai, Kia, Chevrolet, GM, Chrysler, Benz, BMW, Audi, VW, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Mazda, and many Chinese automakers.

The company’s first set-up its research center in 1987 and has continuously invested over the years. Now it has 5 R&D sites over 5 countries with more than 6 thousand employees. The former CEO was an R&D person and new CEO chose R&D as the key enabler for this goal and set the plan to expand R&D facilities and manpower in global R&D centers and is inviting highly talented people to lead new product/technology development.

MOBIS North America R&D Center in Plymouth Michigan, a branch of Hyundai MOBIS R&D Division is looking for Program Manager in Electric Powertrain, who is eager to join a rapidly expanding company. Working as a Program Manager, Supporting a major OEM’s automotive products, the position has wide scope across NA Branch and company headquarters (HQ) in Korea.

Position Summary:

The Program Manager leads a cross-functional Program Team to achieve defined business objectives and customer requirements according to the Mobis Product Development Process. The program Manager is accountable for the performance and success of the program team without any direct organizational reporting relationship. The Program Manager works and communicates with local customers, local team members, Research Engineers and PM’s from Korea and/or in Korea. The Program Manager must work at all levels, internal and external to Mobis to ensure successful program execution. This role is 80% PM role and 20% commercial related along with ECRs tracking and communication with HQ, MTCA and Supplybase.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead a cross-functional team and direct all core team activities, establishing priorities when conflicts arise
• Escalate concerns to management in a timely fashion for resolution support
• Manage the product program proactively to ensure timing and objectives are met for all customer milestones
• Identify and communicate impediments to the successful completion of program milestones
• Interface with required functional disciplines and departments for program support
• Ensure completion of all deliverables and conduct all phase and gate reviews
• Create master program timing that satisfies customer and internal requirements for product deliverables, cost performance, and timing
• Facilitate interaction between the company, our customer, and plant
• Coordinates and maintains communications with our design and operations staff and our customers for all program activities
• Initiate action to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformities relating to the product, process, and system
• Identify and record any problems relating to the product, process, and quality system
• Initiate, recommend and provide solutions through designated channels
• Verify the implementation of change and follow processes for documenting changes
• Manages and executes the program based on the product development process to meet defined metrics.
• Drives accountability and action within the program team.
• Drives consistency positive dynamics and interactions within the program team.
• Organizes and facilitates team meetings at the necessary frequency through customer PDT, Internal PDT and supplier reviews.
• Bases communication in a fundamental understanding of Mobis and customer norms, values and expectations.
• Achieves results through influence leadership.
• Provides appropriate constructive feedback where necessary to help team members to be more effective.
• Approaches program execution and challenges with a professional, positive attitude.
• Deals with conflict swiftly, constructively, and decisively, inside and outside of Mobis regardless of levels in the organization.
• Seeks compromise, but does not lose sight of the Program objectives.
• Works with key drivers of the program financials to ensure the program meets its intended targets for business case.
• Escalates and drives issues appropriately (both internally and externally) to secure the necessary support to resolution.
• Respectfully challenges for key information, rationales, root causes, evidence, desired outcomes and next steps.
• Documents and articulates all aspects of the program in thorough, accurate and timely fashion.
• Represents Mobis credibility and confidently in front of all levels of the customer organization.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science required
• 5+ years of project management, program management, or other related experience
• Ability to work in a team as well as an organized and independent way of thinking
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills, written and verbal communication skills
• Prior experience with automotive products, electric powertrain and Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP)
• Ability to interface and effectively communicate with customers and core team at all levels
• Microsoft Project
• Proficiency in structured problem-solving by using 5 Phase, 8D and Fishbone methods.
• Proficiency in MS Project, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Engineering knowledge – Apply product and process knowledge including design, specifications, applications and system integration.
• Proven ability to overcome obstacles and get results
• Ability to travel up to 30% within North America, Mexico, Asia
• PMP certification is a plus